Sep 5, 2022 | Art, Culture, Museums, News & Trending
The Guelph Treasure art dispute between a German museum and the heirs of Jewish art dealers has been dismissed by a U.S. court for a second time, over jurisdictional issues. The Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, is a 200 million euro hoard of silver and gold church...
Jul 11, 2022 | Art, Culture, News & Trending
The Dutch government is reviewing its own state-held art collection to look for works stolen by Nazis that can be returned. The Restitutions Committee, a government-backed program created to organize the return of stolen artwork to its proper heirs in the Netherlands,...
Jan 10, 2022 | Art, Auctions, News & Trending
A stolen portrait finds its way home. Even before WWII ended, the conflict over art appropriated into Nazi hands has been waged. For decades, documents showing the party had legally bought many works at auction from Jewish sellers were allowed to stand, making the art...
Mar 3, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
Germany has announced that it will fund another year of research and hire additional employees to continue establishing the provenance of art collected by Cornelius Gurlitt, who had an enormous group of artworks that were collected by his father, an art dealer for the...
Sep 30, 2015 | Art, News & Trending
A Krzysztof Lubieniecki painting, long thought lost and stolen by Nazis, is being returned to its home country of Poland, the FBI reports. The painting, “Portrait of a Young Man,” was believed to have been looted and taken to Austria. However, the painting won’t be...
